Jeremiah 38:9
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My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
In other translations
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
Hebrew words
אֲדֹנִי'adoniO lord myH113הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428הֵרֵעוּhere'uthey have done evilH7489הָאֲנָשִׁיםha'anashimthe menH582הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428אֵת'et<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834עָשׂוּ'asuthey have doneH6213לְיִרְמְיָהוּleyirmeyahuto JeremiahH3414הַנָּבִיאhanavi'the prophetH5030אֵת'et<obj.>H853אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whomH834הִשְׁלִיכוּhishlikhuthey have thrownH7993אֶל־'el-intoH413הַבּוֹרhaborthe cisternH953וַיָּמָתvaiyamotand he diedH4191תַּחְתָּיוtachtavin itH8478מִפְּנֵיmipenei<from> because ofH6440הָרָעָבhara'av<the> famineH7458כִּיkiforH3588אֵין'einthere notH369הַלֶּחֶםhalechem[is] the foodH3899עוֹדodyetH5750בָּעִיר׃ba'irin the cityH5892
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Jeremiah 37:21-38:6Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
- Job 31:34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
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- Jeremiah 52:6And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- Proverbs 31:8-98 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.8 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
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